## ## ||||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary|ofthe purposes of||Para 1.17|To relieve the needs of peopkr
In and|| |the charily as sei cut||in its||around|Cambridge
who are rough| |governing|document|||sleeping, homeless or vulnerably
housed
by provision ofwarm secure|| |||||shelter|and food during the vdnter| |||||months,
by provision ofemergency,|| |||||temporary
and longer term|| |||||accommoda5on
for those unable to|| |||||access|statutory
provision
and by| |||||provision ofpastoral and practical|| |||||support to ths wider homeless|| |||||community.|| |Summary
activities|ofthe main
In relation lo those||Para 1.17end
1.1Q|1.|Support ofthe Cambridge
winter
homeless
shelter at Crossways| |purposes for the public
beneIII, in particular,
the|||||by
a) provision ofevening
meals for| |activities,|projects or||||residents,
volunteers
and| |services|klentified
in|the|||staff,| |accounsr.|||||b) provision ofvolunteers
from| ||||||Its volunteer database to| ||||||undertake
provision of those| ||||||meals and other support| ||||||activities, snd| ||||||c) provision of a paid project co-| ||||||ordinator to organise the| ||||||volunteer
input and provide| ||||||support tothe shelter| ||||||managers.| |||||2.|Provision ofemergency
short-| ||||||term hotel accommodation
for| ||||||rough sleepers referred to the| ||||||charity by various statutory
and| ||||||voluntary
bodies working
with| ||||||the homeless.
Usually these are| ||||||people considered at rkak on the| ||||||street and who have no recourse| ||||||to
ubllcfundin
orareawaltin| |||||statutory
provision.
A total of11| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||homeless
people were
accommodated
I'or a total of124| |||||nights during the year.| |||||3. Provision oflonger4erm| |||||accommoda5on
in shared| |||||houses for 3 vulnerable| |||||Individuals
with no recourse to| |||||public funding
over the summer| |||||period when no shelter provision| |||||was available.| |Statement
confirming
whether the trustees
have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charily|||Paa 1.18|The trustees
have taken due regard to
the Charity Commission
guidance
on
public benefit In the fulfilment oftheir
obliga5ons.| |Commission|on public|||| |benefit||||| |Additional
You ma|Information
(opfional)
choose lo indude further statements|Information
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choose lo indude further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||SORP rararanaca|| |Policy on||grant making||||Paa 1.38|The charity does not make grants.| |Policy on
Indudlng||social investment
program
related||||Para 1.38|Tospend our limited resoumes
wkaely In
defiverlng
the purposes
ofthe charity| |investment|||||||| |Contribuiion
volunteers|||made|by||Para 1.38|163active volunteers
took part in
provision of meaka and support at the
Cambridge
winter homeless shehar
between
November
2022 and March| ||||||||2023.| ||||||||In addition the trustees
undertook co-| ||||||||ordination
with various statutory
and| ||||||||charitable
bodies involved
in the sector| ||||||||to arrange emergency
accommodafion| ||||||||for a number of homeless
people| ||||||||without recoume to public funds| ||||||||throughout
the year.| |Other|||||||| ## ||||SORP rafaraaca|| |---|---|---|---|---| |Summaiy of the main
achievements
ofihe charity,
identifying
the difference the
charily's
work has made to
the circumstances
of ils
beneffidariss
and any wider
benefits tc society as a
whole.|||Para i.20|Provision ofevening
meals atthe
Cambridge
winter homeless shelter for
up to 20guests per night Over the
winter period some 50 different
individuals
were accommodated
at the
shelter and provided
with safe, warm
and comfortable
accommodadon
and
food and provided with support to move| |||||on.| |||||We also provided
a part time paid co-| |||||ordinator for the duration
ofths winter| |||||shelter to undertake
Uw complex task of| |||||organising
the volunteer
rota and| |||||provide support tothe sheher| |||||managers.| |||||Outside the winter period we provided| |||||emergency
hotel accommodaffon| |||||totsging 124nights
for 11rough
sleepers considered
vulnerable,| |||||awaiting
local authority
provision
snd/or without recourse to public funds.| |||||This was often organlsed at short notice| |||||over weekends
when statutory
provision| |||||was inaccessible
and maintained
until| |||||longerderm
provision
could be| |||||arranged.| |||||In addiUon,
following closure ofthe| |||||winter shelter, we funded
longerWrm| |||||housing
in shared houses provided
by a
partner charitable
organisatlon
for 3| |||||Individuals
without recourse to public| |||||funds while awaldng
resolution
oftheir| |||||residency status.| |||||The charhy has also continued
to fund
the role ofBishop of Ely's Officer for the| |||||Homeless. This is an honorary
part-time| |||||position with no direct funding
from the
Diocese which Is considered
essential| |||||in providing
pastoral and practical| |||||support tothe wider homeless| |||||community
in Cambridge.
Unfortunately| |||||the incumbent
has been on long-term| |||||sick leave since March 2023 and| |||||reluctantly
deckied to regnquish
the rois| |||||just before the end ofthe reporUng
period. Itls hoped that the Diocese will| |||||be in a position to appoint
a
replacement
before the winter shelter| |||||opens
in November
2023.| |ou ma
choose to indude fur|ther state| |---|---| |Achievements
against|Pss 181| |objectives set|| |Performance
offundralsing|Para 1.41| |activities against objectives|| |set|| |Investment
performance|Pa4 1 41| |against objectives|| |Other|| ## |inancial Review|inancial Review|inancial Review|inancial Review|inancial Review|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review ofthe charity's
finandal
position at the end
ofthe period|||||Paa 1.21|Income significantly
Increased on 2021-
22thanks to generous
giving by a
combination
ofindivlduaka,
places of
worship
and various commercial
and
grant making organisatlons,
resulting
In
a surplus
on the year. The charity
currently
holds healthy
reserves, which
ara sufficient to cover some two years'|| |||||||expenditure
at202243 levels, although
this these are expected to reduce in|| |||||||2023-24 due to anticipated
Increases
in
expenditure,
particularly
In expansion
of|| |||||||the chaplaincy
role.|| |Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding
reserves
stating
why they are held|||||Para 1.22|Policy is to hold reserves equal to
~
60af ofunrestricted
fund
expenditure
in the previous
financial year plus|| |||||||~
one month's
employment
coats|| |||||||pius
~
three months'
funding for the role|| |||||||of Bishop's Officer forthe|| |||||||Homeless.|| |||||||it Is necessary to maintain
this|| |||||||substandal
level of reserves to ensure|| |||||||that that we can continue to provide|| |||||||these people centred services through
full winter season as asudden|a| |||||||termfnagon
due to lack of funds would
be potentially
catastrophic for the|| |||||||benegclarles.|| |Amount|of reserves||held||Para 1.22|As at 30 September 2023 the charity
held unrestrlcurd
cash reserves totalling|| |||||||6149466.|| |Reasons for||holding|zero||Praa 1.22|Not applicable.|| |feselves|||||||| |Details|offund materially|||in|Pea 1.24|Not applicable.|| |deficit|||||||| |Explanation||of any|||Para 1.23|Not applicable.|| |uncertainties||about|the||||| |charity|continuing as a going||||||| |concern|||||||| ## |ou ma
choose to induds
furt|her statement|s|where relevant about:| |---|---|---|---| |The charily's
prlndpal
sources offunds (induding
any fundraising)|Para 1.W||Apart from a small number
oflocal
fundraising
events (realising approx.
21WO In 2022-23) and grant funding
(Rf4,500) In 2022-23)the charity is| ||||wholly dependent
on charitable
giving
by indlvlduahr,
local places of worship
and commercial
orgsnisatlons.| |Investment
policy and
objectives induding
any
sodal investment
policy|Para 1.46||The charity holds no Investments.
All
funds are held In a current account and
a bank deposit account| |adopted|||| |A description
ofthe principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1A6oarry
through
ashort-
tarrh|It|The principal
financktl
risk is a
significant
reducdon
in giving. The
charity is confklent that the current level
ofcash reserves are suNcient to carry it| ||||through a short-term
event ofthis| ||||nature.| |Other|||| ## |Description
of chadiy's|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||||| |Type of governing
document|||Pere 1.25|CIO Foundagon
Constihdfon|| |How is the charity|||Para 125|CIO Foundation|| |constituted'?|||||| |Trustee selection methods
induding
details ofany
constitutional
provisions e.g.|||Peea 1a5|Nomination
and secondment
by
Trustees
in aTrustee meeting followed
by avote ofthe full Trustee Board.|| |elechon to post or name|of||||| |any person or body entitled|||||| |to appoint one or more|||||| |sustees|||||| |Additional
Informadon|(optional)||||| |You ma
choose to indude||further statements||when6 relevant about:|| |Policies and procedures|||Para 1.61||| |adopted forthe induction|||||| |and training of trustees|||||| |The charltff s orgsnlsationsl
structure
and any wider
network
vrith which the|||Pele 1.51|The charity is divided
into the
operational
running
ofactivities at
winter shelter at Crossways
by an|the| |chsdty works||||Operations
Group and the
administration
and housing
acdvttfes|| |||||which are undertaken
by the Trustees.|| |Relationship
with any
related parties|||Para 1.51|The charity works Jointly with IfTakes a
City In the running
qf the winter shelter
at Crossways.
Italso works
collaboratlvely
with other charities
In|| |||||the homeless sector including|| |||||Wlntercomfort,
Jimmy's
Night Shelter|| |||||and Cambridge
Cyrenians.|| |Other|||||| ## |Charity|name|name|Cambridge|Churches|Homeless Pro)ect| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name||the charity uses|CCHP||| |Registered||charity number|11747BB||| |Charity's|principal address||PO Box1464||| ||||Cambridge||| ||||CS1 OLG||| ||Trustee name||Offhe tlf any)||Dates acted Ifnot for whole
sar|Name
to a|of peraon lor
oint trustee|body) endued
Ifsn| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |1|Heather Simmons||Chair||To January 2023|||| |2|Gavin Howard||Chair||From January 2023|||| |3|Keith Cowley||Treasurer|||||| |4|George Hawker||Operations|Lead||||| |5|Judith
Barwtse||||To January 2023|||| |6|Robert Mackley|||||||| |7|Ann-Marie|Morgan|||From May 2023|||| |8||||||||| |9||||||||| |10||||||||| |11||||||||| |12||||||||| |13||||||||| |14||||||||| |15||||||||| |16||||||||| |17||||||||| |18||||||||| |19||||||||| |20||||||||| ## |Funds held as cust|odia|n
trustees
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